Sir John Hall at Christchurch

Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 20, 2 August 1887, Page 2

Sir John Hall at Christchurch

1 FEB UNITED PBESS ASSOCIATION.! . CHEISTCHIiaCH, July 1&.. > s Sir John Hall addressed a^rowfled meeting at the OddreUo||s' HM, Leeston, last night. iHeJWaa, welll received, and defendwj^nh_§€4f N%id' his Government against thg^eharges of lavish expenditure ork^ns and extravagance, quoting figures to show, tlmt4nMaw^^B^p^s«Gt>▼gmmlSllf^ were able to point to a surplus of £200,000. While determined not jto interfere witli the efficiency of the edu^ipn^aystam^ to making inquiries whether it oouldnot be administered at less cost, gs he Mse#ed|that tiS present Government Had notr bein v so as jthey hqd prc^ifqd. go bolieted iif thorough [ i TOtVen^nqpnt,. y Considerable^ saving might be made by paying the Governor's travelling expenses oalfi' instWd oNtbe preaent allowance' bf £2500. «Jjjr %feng the Ministerial salaries to £I^OD for the Premier,! aiid, £1000 each for the) other Minister*,and by $l^ducidg,Jhe-honorarium to £100 or £150. He^ admitted thjat a man should pay taxation acoording to: his. property, but contended iol titer large properties oh higher rates than small ones was putting the ta* xoni industry and economy He feared that Mr Ballanco'splandp settlement system-• would prove ; a failtire, land' preferred the " roix\d" system prac«! tised by-Mr Rolleßton, under* whichr persons wiih some-little capital were assisted to settle,^and pooler pprsons were located were they would be em»; ployed by the richer cites in j the neighborhood. He ascribed the | depression to the low prices of pWdttter and tho want of confidence fin itb(e.. colony_.prevailing ig other countriee» through our larjgo" indebtedness jand alarm at the wild theories advanced byjniblic men, xtpP|||,e large siuifttj sent away, annually!tir interest, whwh - was due mainly to the, abuse of the r'^fipp^-'Wovl^^olio^'' What *$*< heeded was to import* less and export( more, to praotice economy in Ithe publio service^and to endeavor! lie, open up^new 7 industries —such as jt^e exgort-of dairy produce. Especially, muet the colony stop borrowing. | % vote of thanks was passed, which was moved by one of Mr Hall's supporters, who said that: no doubtr|ho of confidence would be given by the ballot box.,. ..-■A?..--...-.. -.-'.■ -.- -'; 7. ./->••